Death Cafe on Zoom from North Carolina

From: Sarah Williams,  ​[email protected]

​Greetings, Mortals! 
Here's the BAD news:  even with the awesome remote microphone that Hank bought me, the background music was simply too much competition at our Death Cafe last Wednesday.  I have let the manager know that unless they can disconnect the speaker in our room,  we will not be meeting at La Fiesta any longer.  Here's the GOOD news:  we will hold a VIRTUAL meeting next month, so all our faraway friends will be able to join us!    You will receive the link to the Zoom room a few days before the meeting!  And the meeting will be held on WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15th!!!!!!!!!  (same Bat time, same Bat station...)
Between now and October, the hunt continues for a suitable space WITH FOOD where we can gather again at some point in the future...
Brief recap of what the ten (yes, 10!?  but we were a mighty ten!! ) of us discussed:

• Gaps in eldercare with moving personal stories from Georgia and Bob (Julia, I read your little "poem" about aging parents!)
• Facing the reality of death and the difficulty of holding "the conversation" (Ellen, I read your hospice story about "I Just Want to Die!")
• Two great websites with templates for holding said conversation:  deathoverdinner.org and theconversationproject.org
• A movie which exposes the reality of guardianship scamming:  "I Care A Lot"
• Bob is offering holotropic breathwork sessions on 9/25 and 10/23 (holoquest.org)

Happy Trails until we "see" each other again on September 15th!  

Sara WilliamsSara Williams
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